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J. Biol. Chem., Vol. 277, Issue 48, 46374-46384, November 29, 2002

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Analysis of Transcriptional Regulatory Sequences of the N-Methyl-D-aspartate Receptor 2A Subunit Gene in Cultured Cortical Neurons and Transgenic Mice^*

Anand Desai, Dorothy Turetsky, Kuzhalini Vasudevan, and Andres Buonanno^§

From the Section of Molecular Neurobiology, NICHD, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-4480

The postnatal appearance and up-regulation of the NR2A subunit of the N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor contributes to the functional heterogeneity of the receptor during development. To elucidate the molecular mechanisms that regulate the neural and developmental specific expression of NR2A, an upstream ~9-kb region of the gene harboring the promoter was isolated and characterized in transgenic mice and transfected cortical neurons. Transgenic mouse lines generated with luciferase reporter constructs driven by either 9 or 1 kb of upstream sequence selectively transcribe the transgene in brain, as compared with other non-neural tissues. Reporter luciferase levels in dissociated cultures made from these mice are over 100-fold greater in neuronal/glial co-cultures than in pure glial cultures. Analysis of NR2A 5'-nested deletions in transfected cultures of cortical neurons and glia indicate that while sequences residing upstream of 1079 bp augment NR2A neuronal expression, sequences between 486 and 447 bp are sufficient to maintain neuronal preference. An RE1/NRSE element is not necessary for NR2A neuron specificity. Furthermore, comparison of the 5'-deletion constructs in cortical neurons grown for 5, 8, 11, or 14 days in vitro indicate that sequences between 1253 and 1180 bp are necessary for maturational up-regulation of NR2A. Thus, different cis-acting sequences control the regional and temporal expression of NR2A, implicating distinct regulatory pathways.

The nucleotide sequence(s) reported in this paper has been submitted to the GenBank^TM/EBI Data Bank with accession number(s) AF493152.

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